AEM 2350

Introduction To The Economics Of Development

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course is intended as an introduction to the economics of low income countries. It focuses on the policies and constraints to promoting growth and development.

Prerequisites at least one full semester university course in introductory economics.

Distribution Requirements (SBA-AG), (OCE-IL, QP-IL)

Exploratory Studies (CU-ITL, CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2024SU, 2023FA

Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to understand the nature of poverty and how it is measured.
• Students will be able to understand how economic growth is measured and how this correlates to alternative measures of development.
• Students will be able to understand the structural changes in the economy that occur as a country increases per capita income.
• Students will be able to understand the leading economic models explaining these changes.
• Students will become familiar with competing views of how economic policy can best promote economic growth and development.
• Students will be able to understand how linkages to the international economy can promote or hinder the process of economic growth and development.

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